Simmons-Truax-Godbout-Ames Family Tree
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| 51 | My grandmother Celia's notes indicate that Josephine Mador Plante had 12 children. On the 1910 U.S. Census record, it shows 5 children still at home, and it says she had borne 13 children, 10 of whom were still living. | Mador, Josephine (I284)
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| 52 | My grandmother Madesse Ames did not know her grandfather’s name was Hamilton Ames; but she did know that her grandmother’s maiden name was Jane Arno. She also said that her Ames roots were Pennsylvania Dutch. In the 1880 U.S. Census for Edgar Ames, it lists Edgar’s father’s birthplace as Pennsylvania. There are a couple of other records that list his birthplace as Vermont. Hamilton Eames (misspelled) married Jane Arno in 1858. Hamilton E. “Aymes” (misspelled) born in 1828 in Pennsylvania – lists his father as Alvin Ames and his mother as Patsy (no surname). Since one of Hamilton’s son’s name is “Alvin” I believe this is the right one. I also located a Will & Probate Court document for the estate of Hamilton E. Ames and Jane Ames after Hamilton’s death. There is also some history of the early settlers of the Milburn/Wadsworth areas – historicmilburn.org – and this site provided more information about Hamilton’s father, Alvin and wife Patricia/Patsy. This website allowed filled me in on Jonathan Carver Ames, and from there Ancestry.com was able to provide more information. | Ames, Hamilton E. (I47)
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| 53 | My grandmother Madesse Ames told me her grandfather's first name was "Herbert." However, all other information I'm finding out via Ancestry.com about the husband of Angeline Conrad indicates his name was "Charles" Hake. Charles did have a son named Herbert so perhaps this led to the confusion. | Hake, Charles (I42)
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| 54 | My grandmother Madesse Ames told me that Blanche stopped breathing shortly after she was born. I believe Blanche was the youngest child born into the family. | Ames, Blanche (I41)
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| 55 | Nicolas Godbout (some records say “Godebout” or “Godeboust”) founded the Godbout region of Quebec. He was a navigator of a local river, which was consequently named after him and today is known as the Godbout River. Nicolas Godbout arrived from France in 1654, from Dieppe (some records say Caen), France. He would go on to help settle the Ile-d’Orleans area of what is now part of metropolitan Quebec City. Today, Godbout, Quebec has less than 300 hundred people living in the region, and tourism is its main economy. There is a ferry line, Matane-Godbout, which provides access to the region. I have to wonder if the pictures of my Grandmother Celia in Quebec, with a “Captain Godbout,” were taken to commemorate a trip she took on this ferry route? Did she visit Godbout, Quebec? There are no pictures to confirm this. | Godbout, Nicolas (I485)
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| 56 | Notes from Wikipedia, other sources: Moses Symonsen was a Dutch member of the Leiden English Separatist church. He came to America on the ship, Fortune, in 1621. He was a single man, possibly a minor, receiving two acres in the 1623 land division as “Moyses Simonson” which he shared with Philipe de la Noye. Member of the 1626 Purchaser investment group as “Moyses Symonson.” In 1627 cattle division as “Moyses Simonson” he shared 2 acres with Philipe de la Noye. By the time of the 1633 tax list, Simonson shortened his name to "Simmons." By 1639, Simmons settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts and served as a surveyor. By 1639, he moved to Duxbury and married "Sarah" -- My own research via Latter Day Saints records indicate her full name was Sarah Chandler. Moses had at least seven children. Simmons' eldest daughter, Rebecca, married John Soule, the son of Pilgrim, George Soule, who is also believed to be of Dutch and possibly Jewish ancestry. A direct descendant of Simonson, founded Simmons University in Boston Latter Day Saints records indicate he was born in 1601, Wikipedia says 1605. | Symonsen (changed name to "Simmons" in 1633), Moses Jr. (I116)
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| 57 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Churley, Mary (I318)
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| 58 | Peter Rouse was commonly known as "P.R." Simmons, which was the name of his Flour and Feed business in Waukegan in the early part of the 1900s. Based on 1900 U.S. Census records, the Simmons family home was at 422 Ash Street in Waukegan. In middle age, P.R. and his wife Carrie would move to 514 Ridgeland Avenue, Waukegan, which would eventually be passed on to my grandparents. This is the residence where my grandmother would take me up into her attic and show me all her treasures, and tell me the stories of her youth. And this home still stands today. P.R. isn’t in many photos, but when he is, his image is very confident and striking. He almost always sported a beard or mustache in his earlier years and I can see where my Uncle Roscoe got that famous gleam in his eye! P.R. and Carrie celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1935, at the Genesee Theater in Waukegan. Before the theater was built, Carrie’s childhood home stood there, and this was where they were married. So they had a special anniversary party to celebrate at the Genesee theater, where they were featured in the local newspaper to honor their milestone year in marriage. My father Loren Albert and sister Virginia were in attendance at this special occasion. P.R. owned and operated the Simmons Flour and Feed business at 20 Water Street, in Waukegan, from 1900 until the time of his death. His son Roscoe Simmons was his main partner in the family business, and his oldest son Chester (Chet) was also involved until Chet's untimely death in 1920. Prior to opening his business, P.R. operated a small farm in what was once known as North Prairie, Illinois. | Simmons, Peter Rouse (I8)
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| 59 | Philip Truax’ Story.... Philip (Phil) had a difficult start in his younger life. His mother, Anna (Annie) Prohaska Hefti Truax, died in 1907, when many of the Truax children were very young. His widowed father, Andrew Nelson Truax, appears to have sent 2 of his male children to the Methodist Deaconess Orphanage in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Philip (age 11) and his brother Charles (age 13) were listed as living at the Orphanage in the 1910 U.S. Census. Philip’s older sibling Aubrey Nelson (age 16) was living in Valley, Beadle, South Dakota in the 1910 Census; he was listed as a laborer/servant in the Kretchmer household. Perhaps these were relatives of their late mother Annie or some other extended family members. William Andrew (age 17) was living on his own in the 1910 census, as a boarder in the Wells household in Waukegan. The eldest sibling, Lulu May Truax, was already an adult in 1907 when her mother died so she was also living on her own. The next record available is that of a second marriage for Phil’s father, Andrew Nelson Truax. Andrew married Emma Bockus in March of 1910, in Indiana. The 1910 census shows him living in Waukegan at 807 Grand Avenue, as head of household with wife Emma Truax, daughter Belle Truax (age 8), and step-daughter Emma Bockus (age 15). It appears that Phil’s youngest sibling Werdna Belle (Belle) Truax, remained with the family after he remarried. We have no idea where Belle was living between the time her mother died and her father remarried. It would have been difficult for Phil's father Andrew to take care of a very young daughter after his wife died. Perhaps she lived with her sister Lulu. One of the sadder parts of the story is that Phil and his brother Charles were not invited back into the family after their father remarried. Their orphanage was a place for many local families struggling for food and money, and it was typical for children to come in and then leave, and perhaps come back again if the parents encountered hardships again. As boys just hitting puberty, they certainly could have used some guidance into adulthood. I often contemplate how that decision was made … was it the new wife Emma who did not want these stepsons around? She clearly allowed young Belle Truax to blend into the family as an 8-year-old; perhaps she figured her daughter Etta could help out with a girl. Or was it their father Andrew who cast Phil and his brother Charles aside? When Phil was 16, he lied about his age and joined the Navy, enlisting with his brother Charles. He served in WWI in the Navy where he was stationed in Russia. Upon his return in 1919, he lived in the Wadsworth area, which was mostly farmland at the time. There he ended up running the farm at the Veteran's Hospital. This hospital was really an asylum where WWI veterans suffering from mental illness were cared for. As far as we know, Phil did not have a relationship with his father, even though they were living in Waukegan and the surrounding areas for a number of years after Phil returned from WWI. Then Phil met Madesse Ames and theirs was a very passionate romance. Surviving love letters kept by my grandmother Madesse (discovered only after her death in 1990) indicate that Phil was head over heels in love with her. His letters often came right out and proclaimed his undying love where he called her "girley girl" as a pet nickname. It was clear that he was crazy about her. Phil and Madesse married in 1923 and moved to Waukegan where they rented a room in a home owned by the Bradbury family. The Bradburys were more than just landlords; one of the children was Ray Bradbury, who would become a very famous science fiction author. Madesse used to baby-sit Ray for the Bradbury family. Phil proceeded to build the house at 914 McAree Road, Waukegan, where their daughter, Geraldine (“Gerrie”) was born. Some of my grandmother’s notes from the early days of their marriage indicate that Phil was in touch with his oldest sister, Lulu Truax – Lulu is listed as one of the guests at Phil’s wedding and Lulu was also listed as a guest at Phil and Madesse’s first Thanksgiving and Christmas in 1923. I also believe he was in touch with his brothers Charles, Aubrey and William. Phil was the contact for obtaining the military headstone for his brother William, who died in 1933. One story my mother told me about her father Phil was that every Christmas, he would organize decorating the tree with different colors, ornaments and lights -- and this would not happen until Christmas Eve, after she was asleep. Then on Christmas morning, the whole tree and other “wonders” of Christmas were a complete surprise to Gerrie. And each Christmas morning was different as the years went by. The family lived together in Waukegan until Gerrie graduated from high school in 1945, after which Phil asked Madesse for a divorce. Phil and Madesse had a stormy relationship, often arguing loudly when Gerrie was a young girl. Phil had fallen in love with another woman, Agatha Schmaltz. Shortly after Phil and Madesse divorced, Phil married Agatha and moved to the Clearwater, Florida area. In April of 1970, my mother Gerrie learned that Phil was terminally ill with cancer, so our family made a trip to Florida to see him. Philip had visited our family in Waukegan one other time but I was quite young and don’t have any memory of it. My only recollection of meeting him was our very brief greeting in that hospital in Florida. He was quite incoherent and it was unsettling for us kids, who did not really know him and had never seen anyone that ill before. I suspect my mother did this because she thought Phil would want to see his grandchildren before he died. Or perhaps he asked and my mother felt compelled to grant him his request. On our road trip back to Illinois, we got a phone call that Phil had died. My mother never talked much about how frequently or infrequently she and her father Phil were in touch in the 25 years between her parent’s divorce and the last time she saw Phil on his deathbed. I believe there were cards and other correspondence periodically. By all accounts, Phil had found happiness living in Florida with his new family, and Gerrie accepted this. My mother often told me how much she adored her father as a little girl, but she recognized that her mother and father did not “work” as the years went by. I believe Gerrie made peace with Phil during that final visit in 1970. | Truax, Philip Roemer (I31)
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| 60 | Pierre Godbout and Rosalie Langlois were married in Ile-d’Orleans, Quebec, 9 Jul 1850. Pierre and Rosalie (sometimes called Rose, one other time misspelled as Bosalie) are in the Canada Census living with most of their children in 1861 and 1871. Then in 1881, it is just the 2 of them. They both continue to show up in the 1891 and 1901 Canada Census, living into their seventies and eighties. There is 1911 Canada Census from Quebec, Montmorency, St. Laurent that lists a Pierre Godbout aged 90, living with what appears to be a son Pierre and many other relatives. However, when I follow the earlier Canada Census links on Ancestry to this 90-year-old Pierre Godbout, he is listed with completely different family members, so I assume this is NOT our relative. So, Pierre & Rosalie Godbout died sometime in the early 1900s, between the 1901 and 1911 Canadian Censuses. The Godbout family were all baptized in Ile-d’Orleans, Quebec, Canada. Their parish/place of worship is listed as St. Laurent, and earlier records were recorded at St. Pierre. | Godbout, Pierre (I446)
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| 61 | Pierre Godbout and Rosalie Langlois were married in Ile-d’Orleans, Quebec, 9 Jul 1850. Pierre and Rosalie (sometimes called Rose, one other time misspelled as Bosalie) are in the Canada Census living with most of their children in 1861 and 1871. Then in 1881, it is just the 2 of them. They both continue to show up in the 1891 and 1901 Canada Census, living into their seventies and eighties. There is 1911 Canada Census from Quebec, Montmorency, St. Laurent that lists a Pierre Godbout aged 90, living with what appears to be a son Pierre and many other relatives. However, when I follow the earlier Canada Census links on Ancestry to this 90-year-old Pierre Godbout, he is listed with completely different family members, so I assume this is NOT our relative. So, Pierre & Rosalie Godbout died sometime in the early 1900s, between the 1901 and 1911 Canadian Censuses. The Godbout family were all baptized in Ile-d’Orleans, Quebec, Canada. Their parish/place of worship is listed as St. Laurent, and earlier records were recorded at St. Pierre. | Langlois, Rosalie (I447)
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| 62 | Pierre Godbout was known as “Peter” and his last name was changed to “Goodbout” upon immigrating to the U.S. The Goodbouts resided at 219 Lake Street when they were raising their family. The building is still standing; Zillow lists the home’s “date built” as the early 1900s. However now it is a multifamily dwelling. I recently learned from my cousins that Peter Goodbout had his name tattooed on his arm because he could not read or write English. His obituary says he worked at the Douglas Boatworks as a shipbuilder, so I’m not sure how much English he knew; certainly enough to have remained employed for his adult years while raising a large family. Pierre's father was also a boat builder in Quebec, as the Ile-d'Orleans area had a thriving shipbuilding industry in the 19th century. Pierre was also the 5th "Pierre Godbout" in his lineage. Pierre named one of his sons "Pierre" but he, too, was known as "Peter" and he died at a young age in 1913. There are many photos of Pierre -- my grandmother Celia was quite the photographer and there are many family snapshots. I see a lot of Celia in him, and he's sporting a fashionable hat in many of these photos. I find him quite dashing! | Goodbout, Pierre (I22)
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| 63 | Priscilla Mullins was born probably in Dorking, Surrey, England, to William and Alice Mullins. She, her parents, and her brother Joseph all came on the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620 as part of the London merchants contingent; they were not part of the separatists group seeking religious freedom. William Mullins was a shoe and bootmaker and brought many of those items with them on the Mayflower voyage, as well as a family servant. Priscilla’s parents, her brother and the servant died within months of arriving in Plymouth. She was shortly thereafter, in 1622 or 1623, married to John Alden, the Mayflower's Cooper, who had decided to remain at Plymouth rather than return to England with the ship. John and Priscilla lived in Plymouth until the late 1630s, when they helped found the neighboring town of Duxbury. John and Priscilla would go on to have ten children, and have an enormous number of descendants, including poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and Vice President Dan Quayle. John Alden appears to have originated from an Alden family residing in Harwich, Essex, England, that was related by marriage to the Mayflower's Master Christopher Jones. He was about 21 years old when he was hired to be the Cooper, or barrel-maker, for the Mayflower's voyage to America. He was given the option to stay in America, or return to England; he decided to stay. At Plymouth, he quickly rose up from his common seaman status to a prominent member of the Colony. About 1622 or 1623, he married Priscilla, the orphaned daughter of William and Alice Mullins. They had their first child, Elizabeth, around 1624, and would have nine more children over the next twenty years. John Alden was one of the earliest freemen in the Colony, and was elected an assistant to the governor and Plymouth Court as early as 1631, and was regularly re-elected throughout the 1630s. He also became involved in administering the trading activities of the Colony on the Kennebec River. Alden, and several other families, including the Miles Standish family, founded the town of Duxbury, MA, in the 1630s. They took up residence there, with John Alden serving as Duxbury’s deputy to the Plymouth Court throughout the 1640s. Alden also served as colony treasurer in the 1650s, and he built the house that still stands today (see media, below). By the 1660s, Alden was given several land and cash grants by the Plymouth Court to assist him in providing for his wife and 10 children. Throughout the 1670s, Alden began distributing his land holdings to his surviving sons. John Alden died in 1687 at the age of 89, one of the last surviving Mayflower passengers. Priscilla Alden’s death date has not been pinpointed; it is sometime after 1651 but there is no record of it. Most sources list her death as between 1651 and 1687, when her husband John Alden died. | Mullins, Priscilla (I142)
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| 64 | Roscoe & Elsie Simmons' Story... Most children are fortunate if they have both sets of grandparents in their lives but we were lucky to have the addition of my Great-Uncle Roscoe and Great-Aunt Elsie, who were really like an extra set of grandparents. I will always remember my Uncle Roscoe’s smile and good-natured laugh during a rousing game of cards. He also loved to play the “hands game” with me; this was our own personal greeting and we did it every time up until the very last time in 1980 when he visited us in California. Roscoe had a twinkle in his eye that was warm and inviting. Although his hearing failed in later years, his mind was sharp and his memories of the Simmons family stories were precise and vivid. Aunt Elsie was so sweet, with her high-pitched voice, beaming smile, and loving hugs. My fondest memories were of her teaching me to sew with a needle and thread and taking me to lunch the day I lost my first tooth. She took me out for a special lunch and as I bit into my hot dog, I realized my loose tooth had finally come out. Of course, I had to retrieve the tooth so the Tooth Fairy would visit me later. We giggled as we tried to find the tooth among all the onions I had on my hot dog! We finally found it and Aunt Elsie laughed to think a little girl could eat so many onions (and I still love onions!). Roscoe served in France during WWI. When he returned to Waukegan, he continued in the Simmons Flour & Feed family business with his father, Peter Rouse Simmons. Roscoe was smitten with Elsie Clark and they married in 1922. Although they had hoped to start a family of their own, they would never have any children. They always treated my father Loren and his sister Virginia like their own children, and we always included them in all holiday gatherings. They also had a very special bond with each other, perhaps because they only had one other. As I find myself living a life without any children, I am beginning to understand just how deep that bond can be. As I've grown older and wiser, I realize how much family meant to them. Maybe this was because they had no children and wanted to make sure their memories lived on. Uncle Roscoe and Aunt Elsie did more to preserve their past than any other family member. They saved the precious mementos to pass down to future generations. I remember how they would each tell me about the family stories through pictures, bibles, and other treasured memories. Roscoe saved pieces of paper with names of his grandparents, their birthplace and birth dates. I could not have created our family tree without the information they provided. Perhaps their love of genealogy came from a deeper understanding of the families they were raised in because these were the only families they would ever know. Maybe this was the kindred spirit I shared with them as a little girl, not realizing that I would walk their same path as an adult. When I was in Waukegan in 1983, Aunt Elsie asked me to come over for a visit. She laid out her family treasures and said she wanted me to have them because she knew they had held my fascination ever since I was a little girl. She took out the items one by one, carefully explaining their history as I took notes. When she showed me Uncle Roscoe’s baby blanket, she started to cry and I told her that she did not have to give me anything if she was not ready. “No,” she said, “I know you will take care of them and pass them on.” I left that day with a heavy heart but I was filled with such gratitude that she entrusted me with these precious items. Aunt Elsie’s health would soon start to fail, leading to dementia. This would be the last time I would see her before her death in 1994. While I don’t have any children of my own, I have many nieces and a nephew to whom I will pass on my treasures. I still have each of the heirlooms she gave me and I will always keep them safe. I will tell their story to future generations just as Aunt Elsie and Uncle Roscoe told me. | Simmons, Roscoe Elijah (I10)
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| 65 | Silas met and married Belinda Ingersol in Vermont but migrated to Will County, Illinois, in 1834. | Parker, Silas (I235)
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| 66 | Some Ancestry.com records indicate that her maiden name was "Odette" or "Audet" but I can't confirm this through my searches in the Canadian databases. | Arno, Genevieve (I503)
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| 67 | Some passenger list records (which do not have original documents attached) indicate Marie arrived in Canada in 1661. | Bourgoin, Marie Marthe (I486)
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| 68 | Some passenger list records (which do not have original documents attached) indicate Nicolas arrived in Canada in 1654. | Godbout, Nicolas (I485)
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| 69 | Some records list her last name as "Leclerc." Also note that all instances of this spelling did not have a capitalized "C" as in "LeClerc." This is how I would be inclined to spell it and other records in my searches spell it this way. However, the marriage document for Marie Anne LeClaire and Pierre Godbout lists her mother and father's name as witnesses to the wedding. In the other documents the handwriting is such that it could be "Leclaire" or "Leclerc" and it's inconsistent. So, I chose to represent her as "LeClaire" here simply for consistency. With record keeping mistakes, it's hard to know which surname is 100% accurate without devoting more research. | LeClaire, Marie Anne (I462)
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| 70 | Some records spell her middle name "Burdette" but assuming her middle name is for her Aunt Birdette Hake, I will stick with Birdette. My grandmother Madesse Ames' handwritten notes of her wedding day, she noted that one of the guests was Miss Birdette Hake. | Ames, Margaret Birdette (I40)
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| 71 | Some records spell her name "Burdette" or "Bernadette" but in my grandmother Madesse Ames' handwritten notes of her wedding day, she noted that one of the guests was "Miss Birdette Hake." So I'm sticking with this spelling. | Hake, Birdette (I45)
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| 72 | Sources: Ames Family biography/history from HistoricMilburn.org, Ancestry.com, Findagrave.com. | Ames, Jonathan Carver (I405)
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| 73 | Sources: Ancestry.com records, and an Ames Family biography/history from HistoricMilburn.org. There is no record of her maiden name. | Ames, Patricia (Patsy) (I397)
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| 74 | Sources: Ancestry.com, Ames Family biography/history from HistoricMilburn.org | Whipple, Lydia Gates (I406)
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| 75 | Tanguay Collection records indicate Jean Francois arrived in Canada in 1657. | Lemelin, Jean Francois (I500)
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| 76 | Tarcile was actually baptized “Tharsile” in Ile-d’Orleans, Quebec, Canada (modern-day Quebec City). As was common with many immigrants, Tharsile’s name was misspelled often, and it shows up in many different erroneous forms: Tarcil, Tarcile, Tarceil, Tarcella, Theresa … among others. Her grave marker says “Tarcile” so that is what I chose for her name here on this site. | Mador, Tarcile (I23)
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| 77 | The 1910 U.S. Census lists her as "Antosie" but I suspect this is a clerical/transcribing error. | Gust, Antoinette (I304)
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| 78 | The only brother of Carrie and Viola Parker to survive into adulthood, I can't find Andrew in any sources. There is a slight possibility that he moved to Texas in his early twenties - there is an 1880 US Census record showing an "Andrew J. Parker," age 24, living in Texas and working as a well borer. The census record indicates that he was born in Illinois, as was his mother and father (this is erroneous: Thomas P. Parker was born in Vermont, but he might not have known that since his father died when Andrew was a young boy). And in 1890, he is not in the U.S. Census. | Parker, Andrew Judson (I295)
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| 79 | The surname "Goodbout" is likely a clerical mistake when processing for entry from Canada into the U.S. There were stories from my grandmother that there was a desire to not have the term "God" in the name. However, all of Pierre's other siblings who emigrated from Canada are known by their true surname, "Godbout." So, I have to chalk this up to a handwriting and/or transcription error, which was quite common. Also, Pierre was known as "Peter" throughout his public life, including in his obituary. However, his grave marker says "Pierre" and since this was his true name, I've used it here. Pierre was the fifth "Pierre Godbout" -- his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great grandfather all had this name (though technically the earliest ancestor was "Pierre-Marie"). The surname Godbout is quite common in Quebec for a good reason -- our direct ancestor, Nicolas Godbout, arrived from France and was part of the settlers of Ile-d'Orleans region of what is now modern day Quebec City. There is even a tiny town/region of Godbout, Quebec. | Goodbout, Pierre (I22)
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| 80 | There is a 1901 Canada Census record for Rosalie and Pierre Godbout. They do not appear in the 1911 Canada Census so they must have died during this decade spanning the censuses. Since this is the last documentation I have for them, I'm listing the death year as 1901. | Langlois, Rosalie (I447)
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| 81 | There is a 1901 Canada Census record for Rosalie and Pierre Godbout. They do not appear in the 1911 Canada Census so they must have died during this decade spanning the censuses. Since this is the last documentation I have for them, I'm listing the death year as 1901. | Godbout, Pierre (I446)
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| 82 | There is an Ancestry.com record (with no attached file documentation) that Emma Caroline Hake was born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA on 17 Mar 1875. Her mother Angeline Conrad is born and baptized in Scranton so that location makes sense. Another record from a Hake descendant who contacted me via my family tree website states that her birth date was 17 Mar 1876 All other records of her birth date are just for the year 1875 or 1876 -- these are all through U.S. Census Records throughout her life. I've put the March date here for 1875 but I have no document that officially corroborates this. | Hake, Emma Caroline (I34)
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| 83 | There is one Ancestry.com source that indicates Caroline Mador died 19 Aug 1881 in Chicago. She was widowed. So, she might have outlived her husband. The Cook County records only go back to 1878; it is possible that her husband Edouard died sometime in the 1870s and it's not captured there. | Tranquille, Caroline (I30)
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| 84 | This is as far as I've been able to trace back the Truax line, just to Abram P. Truax. Sometimes his given name was noted as “Abraham P.” but he went by “Abram.” So, here’s what I’ve been able to piece together thus far about Abram … Various census records from his son, Andrew Nelson, indicate that his father Abram was born in New York and his mother, Mary Jane (Mary J.) Ormsby was born in Michigan. In the 1850 U.S. Census records, Mary J. Ormsby is living in McHenry, IL with Marquis Ormsby, Betsey Ormsby, and Otis Ormsby. These people are somehow related other than parents and children, since the oldest in the house, Marquis and Betsey, are just 11 years older than Mary. We know that Marquis and Betsey are married; Betsey Hitchcock was born in New York in 1824, and Marquis was born in Connecticut that same year (as documented by Ancestry.com records and death certificate of Marquis Fayett Ormsby). What I don’t know is the relationship of Mary Jane and Marquis Ormsby. Records indicate that Mary Jane was born in Michigan – and Marquis ends up in Michigan later in life per his death certificate. Were they brother and sister? I can’t be certain. Abram P. Truax married Mary Jane Ormsby on January 28, 1853, in McHenry, IL. Abram and Mary had 3 children: --Andrew Nelson (born in 1854 in Illinois) --Aldo E. (born in 1856 in Illinois, and sometimes listed as “Alvo”) --Emily A. (born 1858 in Illinois) Abram P. and Mary Truax are in the U.S. Census with Andrew Nelson and other children in 1860, living in Michigan. Aldo E. Truax was found in census records as an “inmate” of the Lake County Poor Farm in 1900, and as an inmate in the same state farm location in 1920 and 1930 censuses. Aldo died May 7, 1935, and was buried at the Elgin State Hospital. I couldn’t easily locate what happened to Emily A. Truax. There is also another record on an older website that I found back in 2004 that indicated Mary Jane Ormsby married a man named John Bascheider in 1865, and she died in Gurnee, Illinois. This is not accurate, since I have census records of Abram and Mary Truax living together in 1860. There is another "Abram Truax" that was born in New York, served in the Civil War in the Michigan Infantry, and is buried in Michigan. When you research his wife and descendants, it is a completely different family. So when doing Ancestry.com research, it's important to really make sure the data is accurate. Not all their "hints" are viable. | Truax, Abram P. (I156)
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| 85 | This relative was included in a list of Mador siblings provided by my grandmother Celia Goodbout Simmons. She spelled it "Celenia" and in all my online searches, it is spelled differently: Serena, Selena, Selina, etc. In the death notices for Celina's relatives, those often indicate her name as "Celina." So, that's what I'm sticking with here. | Mador, Celina (I285)
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| 86 | Typically listed as Joseph L. Goodbout, I found the full name of Joseph Leon listed on his WWI Draft Registration Card (downloaded from Ancestry.com). | Goodbout, Joseph Leon (I25)
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| 87 | U.S. Census 1880 shows Adam Prohaska and wife Elizabeth living with daughter Anna in Iowa. Her birth year is estimated from this record, and her country of origin is listed as Austria. | Strator, Elizabeth (I315)
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| 88 | U.S. Census 1880 shows Adam Prohaska and wife Elizabeth living with daughter Anna in Iowa. His birth year is estimated from this record. This record lists his country of origin as Czechoslavakia. | Prohaska, Adam (I314)
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| 89 | When my grandmother Celia listed out all the siblings for her mother Tarcile Mador, including their spouses, she did not list Ferdinand. I'm not sure why... it's almost like she didn't even know of his existence. There are too many Ancestry records which corroborate his connections to the Mador family, so I have to assume that they are correct. Ferdinand continued to live in the Chicago area so geography was not a factor. Perhaps he had a falling out with the family? | Mador, Ferdinand (I454)
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| 90 | William, along with his wife Alice and son Joseph, perished in the harsh conditions after sailing to Plymouth via the Mayflower in 1620. They died within months, leaving daughter Priscilla an orphan. | Mullins, William (I143)
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